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LAUSD board changes

Every politician reaches that point when it’s time to move on – usually because they’ve been voted out of office or, these days, face term limits. Daily News.

Los Angeles Unified school board members Julie Korenstein and Marlene Canter decided to step down on their own – allowing two new members to join the seven-person board at a time when many fear the district’s basic survival is at risk.
In with the new….
Just days before the start of their terms on the Los Angeles Unified school board, Steve Zimmer and Nury Martinez are not daunted by the monumental challenge facing the nation’s second-largest district. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The pair starts work Wednesday with the district shackled by a $1.1 billion deficit over the next three years, a frustrated work force frightened of further layoffs and a community clamoring for reform.